MGS Chocolate Christmas Pics And Words
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CHOCOLATY CHRISTMAS?CHOCOLATY CHRISTMAS?
Behold I bring you GOOD NEWS…
of great joy…
A young woman called Mary heard a
from the Angel Gabriel that she was going to be the mother of God’s Son. But how could this be?
Although she was engaged to Joseph
they were not yet married
and to have a baby out of wedlock would certainly be a hot
of conversation in the village,
some may even
about it
She told Joseph of God’s great plan but before the baby arrived, political events overtook them. By order of the Roman Emperor Augustus everyone had to
back to their hometown.
This meant that Joseph had to SKITTLE…
…dedaddle off with Mary to his native town of Bethlehem many miles away.
The journey was no
for a woman in Mary’s condition
but Joseph thought the
would do them good.
After a long, hard journey Joseph desperately tried to find lodgings, but
after
Eventually they were offered a place for the night in a stable and it was there that the baby was born. He was named Jesus which means “Saviour”.
let them down, “No room”
they all said.
That night some shepherds and
s
heard in the sky;
“Glory to God in the Highest, Peace on Earth…”
The shepherds said, “Come on, lets
to Bethlehem and see what has happened there”.
When they arrived they found the
Joseph, Mary and the baby who had been laid in a manger.
It was not a
place at all, smelly and dirty and not really a place fit for a new baby.
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However, the Shepherds were filled with wonder, UNITED
in the feeling that this child was special.
Could he be as the prophets foretold, the
of Judah?
It was getting late, in fact it was
so the shepherds returned to the hills.
Meanwhile in a far country, some
– wise men (or astrologers) were busy
scanning the
when they saw a bright star in the
Was it
Or a
?
?
No, it was a
shining with extraordinary brilliance in the sky to the east.
The
realised that the star signalled the birth of someone very special. A king.
They travelled hard and stopped at King Herod’s palace to ask for directions. They were not embarrassed to
with royalty.
Herod pretended to be interested in what these
had to tell him.
“A prince has been born in the land you say?”
He tried to the issue
by saying that he wanted to worship the prince who had been born as King of the Jews and so he ordered the
to return and tell
him where the baby was.
The
came to Bethlehem,
And found the
Joseph Mary and the child
and offered their
– Frankincense, Myrrh and
Then God warned the
in a that Herod
was up to his
again, and wanted to kill the child.
So the returned to their own country by another route.
Now that’s the familiar story, the
tale told at Christmas
It has little to do with reindeer,
,
frost underfoot and a
baby in a clean crib decorated with tinsel.
If we take a bit of
to think about the original story we see it was not that
Jesus was born as a refugee, he was considered a
threat and a danger, misunderstood even as a baby.
Jesus was born so that of people
may know God’s
for them.
Many people are looking for a life with a meaning and a
purpose, others find life dull and boring, in need of
of one kind or another.
We need a message of hope, something to give us a
in the face of tiredness, fear, tragedy and difficulty.
God came to earth to show us who He is and that He loves each of us no matter what we have done, who we
are or what we will be,
and that really is GOOD NEWS.
Christ was born to save us, give us life and show us who God is.
Have a peaceful and blessed Christmas!